Funeral service for Patrick Scott Stone, 91, will be Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Alex Beaube and Rev. Robert Sparkman officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Hartselle City Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church.
Colonel Stone passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024. Born in Hartselle Alabama, to J.E. Stone, Jr. and Patricia Scott Stone, on February 20,1933.
He graduated from Marion Military Institute and from the College of William and Mary. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity and participated in Varsity football and track. He was a Senior member of the Men’s Honor Council, the National Honor Society of Scabbard and Blade (Military), and President of the Baptist Student Union.
He was a Partner in Stone Lumber and Supply Company in Hartselle for 13 years, worked for Texas Instruments in Texas, the Henry S. Miller Company in Commercial Real Estate, several banks in Texas, the F.D.I.C. Regional office in Dallas, and completed over 6 years as President of Colonial Banks in Lawrence County, Alabama.
While working in Hartselle, he was President of the Hartselle Chamber of Commerce, President of the Kiwanis Club, President-Elect of the Rotary Club, served on the City Library Board and served as Chairman of the City Aviation Board for 4 years. He was selected as Outstanding Young Man of the Year and as Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
His civic record in Lawrence County included President of the County Chamber of Commerce for 2 years, President of the County Historical Association for 4 years, Charter President of the Rotary Club of Lawrence County, the Board of Junior Achievement of North Alabama, Executive Board of the Greater Alabama Council of Boy Scouts, Chairman of Group 2 of Alabama Bankers Association, a member of the Memphis-Atlanta Highway Committee and a member of the North Alabama Work Force Development Board.
Following his banking career, he ran for the Alabama House of Representatives District 9. He was elected to be the Republican Candidate for the November election, he lost the November election to a several year incumbent.
He was a member of Rotary International since 1965 and had received the Paul Harris Fellow Award. He served as the District Governor of District 6860 for the Centennial Year of 2004-2005. Previously, he served as President of the River Oaks Rotary Club in Houston, Texas and as Charter President of the Rotary Club of Lawrence County, Alabama. He was currently a member of the Decatur Rotary Club.
He was a member of the Decatur First United Methodist Church and sang in the choir. He previously served as District Lay Leader and served several years on the Pensions and Benefits Committee for the North Alabama Conference.
He previously was elected twice as an alternate representative for the North Alabama Conference to the Jurisdictional Conference at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.
While in Texas, he served as President of the 75th USA MAC Officers Association, Secretary-Treasurer of the Military affairs Committee of the Houston Chamber of Commerce.
Colonel Stone served 32 years in the Active Army Reserve and was a member of the General Staff of the 75th USA Maneuver Area Command, the largest Reserve headquarters in the Army at that time, located in Houston, Texas. He was a graduate of the residence course of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He had received the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, as well as other medals.
Preceding him in death were his parents, J.E. Stone, Jr. and Patricia Scott Stone, his brother: J.E. Stone, III, and great granddaughter: Evelyn Franklin.
Survivors include
Wife – Marguerite Livingston Stone
Son – Patrick Scott Stone, Jr.
Daughters- Rebecca Bell Stone
Susan Rose Stone Taborn (Mike)
Grandchildren – Tiffany Stone Kirk (Justin), Jackie Stone Franklin (Mike), Annabelle Taborn and Michael Taborn.
Great Grandchildren – Stone Kirk, Ila Jennifer Franklin and Cole Franklin.
Pallbearers will be Mike Taborn, Michael Taborn, LTC (ret.) Larry Hall, Col.(ret.) John Valieant, Jim Oden, Bill Sims and Mark Maloney
Honorary Pallbearers will be Ken Schuppert, Bill Stone, Bill Moyers, Ellis Chenault, Gordon Henry and all other Rotary Past District Governors.
In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial donations be made to Decatur First United Methodist Church.
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